Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson talk about their new animated film The Adventures of Tintin at Comic-Con 2011. This promises to be one of the best in its genre. I can't wait to see this. The release date is December 23, 2011.
Meriden, Connecticut has renamed their children's library The Tomie dePaola Childrens Library to honor their home town hero and his commitment to their city. Tomie dePaola is the most recent recipient of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for the contributions that his works have made to literature.

School Library Journal tweeted The 2011 Eisner Award Winners. Comics and graphic novels rule! Check out the Best Publication for Kids and Best Publication for Teens.

Julie Danielson on her blog, Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast, posts an article called Seven Crazy Realities Everyone Should Know about Literacyhead.com. Literacyhead.com in their own words states: A Literacyhead is someone who is intensely serious about exercising creative literacy, making connections across multiple literacies, pursuing thoughtful literacy as an individual and as a teacher, and constantly searching for ideas. Literacyheads may have expertise in different areas of literacy. but all are committed to children's literacy, passionate about the arts, incessant thinkers, and display a propensity for fun. I truly can not wait to visit this site again and again.

YALSA, the Hub, tweets about a new article, More Powerful Than a Locomotive. This article addresses the impact of graphic novels on struggling male readers. I know this to be true. They can not be kept on the shelves.

Library Journal has an article titled, Using the Cube to Bring Back the Book. A nonprofit group is going to be placing lightweight modular structures about New York and Boston this fall. In their words: will bring books and various programs to public spaces and underserved neighborhoods. It will be interesting to see how this develops.

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I began teaching as a school librarian in 1973. It has been the single best decision that I have ever made. Every morning during the school year I can hardly wait to see my students to explore what we can discover together.